Pogba: PSG? I'm at Manchester

June 4, 2018

Paul Pogba is with the French team ahead of the World Cup in Russia. With speculation linking him with a move away from the club, the midfielder insists his contract is with Manchester United and he has lots of work to do to improve his performances.

PSG? I am at Manchester, I have my contract here for now. All the rest is just words. That’s it. I am concentrating on the World Cup. It is always great to play with great players. But that does not mean I want to go over there.

There is work to be done. I have to be a lot more consistent, better. Right now, I cannot talk about the Ballon D’Or. I have to get better and be better.

Pogba claims that he is being judged unfairly, with his game not centred on goals, with people suggesting he should score and assist more. In the league last season, only four players assisted more goals than him and all of them had more minutes on the pitch.

The maestro Iniesta. He is a leader of his team but he is not going to be judged on his goals. I scored nine goals last season and him six. We are going to say what? That he had a good season Paul? We are always gong to say that it is not enough.

Basically, it is not my role to score. N’Golo Kante, do you judge him on his goals and assists? No. My career is not finished, I cannot say that now. There is work to be done. I hope to progress and get better, win a maximum number of titles. Right now, I am not where I want to be.

There has been talk of a rift with Jose Mourinho at times this season but the player dismisses that.

There’s the team, the coach has to make his choices. If he thinks he has to put me on the bench because I was not good or he prefers to change the system, it is his choice. This year, I’ve been on the bench. Why? I was injured. Then I had a virus.

Against Newcastle, I was taken off, I had a virus and I could not breathe. Nobody knew, only the inside, me, the doctor, and I did not go crying in the media to say that I was not well.

Problem with Mourinho? I am not the coach. You will have to see with him. He made his choices. Have I had talks with him? Not necessarily. He took me off, like that. Like I said, I do my job he does his.

61 Comments

Mobi,
There is actually a graphic way of looking at a midfielder.
Its like the spokes of a wheel, where you plot all of these averages on each spoke.
Most attacking midfielders like DeBruyne, Pogba etc will have higher peaks in key passes, goals, assists, dribbles etc and lower elsewhere, wheras Kante, Herrera etc will have relatively higher peaks of tackles, interceptions etc.

That may give a better visual comparison of midfielders of similar characteristics.

Nonetheless, football is an art, and not all math/ stats can capture it.

Pogba just has to play ( literally) with some extra passion and responsibility, and everything else will fall in place.
I don't doubt his talent.
His application has been inconsistent within a game, and between games.
Let's hope the addition of a top class MF next to him, brings the best out of him.

I agree somewhat with Trevor, Toure is quite past his peak, if he came with the purpose of “mentoring” I could maybe see some value, but I have never been a fan of a guy that wants a transfer just because he wasn’t given a birthday cake.

I actually wouldn't mind Toure.. he isn't going to be a starter and Pogba could learn alot from him, I mentioned somewhere Pogba should base his game on him and can become a better version of toure.. besides if he's serious on his wages, offer him a bonus of 20m if we win the CL Lol.. it would save us from having to spend 50-100m on a second midfielder for at least 1 season and we could easily sign 3 defenders or at least the CB, LB everyone wants and possibly go for a quality RW for reasons I still don't understand..

There's no denying Pogba has all the attributes to even surpass Toure at his peak. Toure would be the perfect mentor for Pogba. Training with him every day will do wonders for him much like how Ronaldos work ethic and mentality would do wonders for Rash and Martial.

With Carrick retiring , we could also do with Toures experience. I'd have him. His expectations though have to be measured . He would walk in and be the fifth choice . Would he be content with that? I doubt it. He has a bitch of an agent.

For all the talk of Milinkovic Savic, I'm comfortable without him, that's until Pogba goes, if he goes!

Imagine a big game and we can bring on the likes of Toure to steady the ship..
Or as Pogba tires, we bring on Toure.
It's for one year.
If anything, this squad lacks WORLD CLASS experience .
Sign him, it's a no brainer...